Your gardening project with the 5 gallon plastic bucket is over. Now you want to make use of it to something else inside the house, which requires it to be a more hygienic container. The first thing you need to do before storing anything into it is to clean it. Here are some tips to do a proper cleaning to your 5 gallon plastic pail.

First and foremost, empty the bucket completely from any sticking dust, debris or whatever visible dirt you see on it.

Secondly, spurt some dishwashing detergent to the bottom of the bucket and mix it with some hot water.

Scrub thoroughly the surface of the pail both inside and outside.

Empty the bucket and rinse it with warm water to get rid of the soap residues.

Once looking clean, fill it in with hot water and stir in a cup of baking soda.

Close the lid and leave it under the sun for 48 hours.

When it is time, empty the pail once again and fill warm water in.

Have 2 cups of chlorine bleach ready and pour it into the water and stir well.

Put it back under the sun for another 48 hours.

Empty and rinse the bucket and lid and put it under the sun again to dry.